Eastern Plant Hire

Eastern Plant hire values MYOB Exo’s reporting capabilities and its ability to flex and change as the business grows.

Who is Eastern Plant Hire?

Founded in 1996, Eastern Plant Hire (EPH) has become one of Victoria’s largest plant hire businesses, operating in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. EPH provides a diverse selection of earth-moving equipment for building and civil construction jobs, big and small. Trading under the banner ‘The best service on earth’, EPH is committed to continuous improvement as a business. However, with 1200+ contractors and over 2000 pieces of equipment and trucks, EPH needed the right software to maintain a consistent service throughout their enormous operations

What catalysed the switch to MYOB Exo?

MYOB Exo stood out for its reporting abilities, essential for meeting EPH’s invoice financing needs, and scalability, to accommodate EPH’s growth. MYOB Exo also happened to fit the unique characteristics of back-to-back invoicing of plant and equipment brokerage. Because of the way that EPH conducted their hiring agreements, they needed to create two invoices for every transaction, a particular source of pain with the old system. MYOB Exo now automatically enters supplier invoices for each customer invoice, greatly decreasing data entry work.

Which changes followed the decision to implement MYOB Exo?

MYOB Exo was customised to fit the specific functionalities of EPH. This customisation enabled constant tracking of contractors’ public liability insurance and automated debt collection letter tasks that previously demanded manual input. Thanks to MYOB Exo’s Structured Query Language (SQL), EPH could scale up or extend their system with additional integration and customisation. MYOB Exo’s user interface and automated report writer facilitated the seamless integration of additional data. MYOB Exo Training was imperative to get the most out of their new system.

How are Eastern Plant Hire now?

MYOB Exo streamlined many of EPH’s systems, making processes increasingly efficient. For instance, automatically generating a customer profile while simultaneously paying a subcontractor condensed a formerly two-step process into one swift action. This is a huge time saver for EPH as they process over 5,000 subcontractor dockets a month. EPH also found that MYOB Exo has greatly improved their workflow by creating custom reports and increasing visibility across their organisation. With this software in place, EPH now has a flexible system that can scale as they grow.

How do I achieve a successful MYOB Exo implementation?

A successful MYOB Exo Implementation depends on 3 critical risk:

1. Software Risk
2. Implementer risk
3. Self-Inflicted Risk

You can reduce your risk by selecting the right implementation partner. Although there are many different partners to choose from, you need the one that will work with you every step of the way. Managing risk is an important part of an implementation; selecting a low-risk partner is critical to a lifetime of success with your Business Management system.

Kilimanjaro Consulting ticks all the boxes when it comes to choosing the right partner:

• Proven industry experience and a positive reputation,
• A structured implementation methodology to guide both you and the implementer through the process,
• Ongoing training and support during your implementation and after go-live,
• The accounting skills to ensure you go live with a reconciled system, 
• A strong relationship with the software vendor allows us to influence enhancements to the software that might be useful to your own organisation,
• Specialised technical knowledge to integrate best-of-breed connected services into your system,
• A stable team with high levels of staff cohesion and collaboration and low staff turnover.

Kilimanjaro Consulting is the largest and most experienced implementer of MYOB’s Enterprise-level business management, accounting, payroll, and workforce management solutions: MYOB Advanced and MYOB Exo. We are experienced, low-risk implementers, helping organisations improve efficiency in their businesses through the use of clever, innovative, and proven technology.

Free resources to help you further

If you are ready to start your Business Management System journey, choose Kilimanjaro Consulting as your trusted implementation partner. If you don’t know where to start, download our free E-Book that will take you through everything you need to consider and what to be wary of during this process.

Kilimanjaro Consulting is the largest implementer of MYOB’s Business Management Software across Australia and New Zealand. We take the time to understand your business and only recommend the products that can meet your needs. To start a conversation about how MYOB Exo can improve efficiency in your organisation, email sales@kilimanjaro-consulting.com, or call 1300 857 464 (AU) or 0800 436 774 (NZ).